Human Age - The World Shaped by Us Ackerman DianePaperback
Human Age - The World Shaped by Us Ackerman DianePaperback 'Our relationship with nature has changed . . . Our new epoch is laced with invention. radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the…
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Human Age - The World Shaped by Us Ackerman DianePaperback
'Our relationship with nature has changed . . . Our new epoch is laced with invention. radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad.
Humans have 'subdued 75 per cent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness'. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.' In The Human Age award-winning nature writer Diane Ackerman confronts the fact that the human race is now the single dominant force of change on the planet. We now collect the DNA of vanishing species in a 'frozen ark', equip orang-utans with iPads, create wearable technologies and synthetic species that might one day outsmart us.
Ackerman takes us on an exciting journey to understand this bewildering new reality, introducing us to many of the people and ideas now creating - perhaps saving - the future. The Human Age is a surprising,